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Free Books
Why would an author give away his book? Aren’t all authors writing to make money? I’ve wondered about this for a long time after seeing the number of books that are available free as e-books. I’ve come up with a couple of reasons.
The first reason is why I’m giving away my book, Freedom’s Light: Quotations from History’s Champions of Freedom. I think everybody should be aware of its contents, especially young people. The book contains quotations by historical figures about personal freedom. On a daily basis we don’t think much about our freedom, even though we may be losing it “…an inch at a time.” As Dr. Walter Williams says. The people quoted, including Aristotle, Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Anne Frank and Martin Luther King, knew what they were talking about. We need to be aware of what governments throughout the world are doing to our freedom before it is gone.
The second reason I came up with for giving away a book is that it can be a good promotional device, especially when you’ve written a lot of books as I have. If you like a book you get free, you may be tempted to read more books by the same author. I picked Aces and Knaves to give away because it’s a standalone mystery written in a breezy style, that people have said is fun to read. It’s about gambling and other hijinks, and takes place in Los Angeles and San Francisco. There’s a murder to solve, the characters are likeable (well, some are more likeable than others) and there’s some potentially romantic stuff as well.
For anyone inclined to check these books out, they are available as e-books at http://www.barnesandnoble.com, http://www.kobo.com and http://smashwords.com.
The first reason is why I’m giving away my book, Freedom’s Light: Quotations from History’s Champions of Freedom. I think everybody should be aware of its contents, especially young people. The book contains quotations by historical figures about personal freedom. On a daily basis we don’t think much about our freedom, even though we may be losing it “…an inch at a time.” As Dr. Walter Williams says. The people quoted, including Aristotle, Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Anne Frank and Martin Luther King, knew what they were talking about. We need to be aware of what governments throughout the world are doing to our freedom before it is gone.
The second reason I came up with for giving away a book is that it can be a good promotional device, especially when you’ve written a lot of books as I have. If you like a book you get free, you may be tempted to read more books by the same author. I picked Aces and Knaves to give away because it’s a standalone mystery written in a breezy style, that people have said is fun to read. It’s about gambling and other hijinks, and takes place in Los Angeles and San Francisco. There’s a murder to solve, the characters are likeable (well, some are more likeable than others) and there’s some potentially romantic stuff as well.
For anyone inclined to check these books out, they are available as e-books at http://www.barnesandnoble.com, http://www.kobo.com and http://smashwords.com.
Free Kindle Mystery-Suspense Novel
I'm feeling kind-hearted and am giving away Kindle copies of my 7th Carol Golden novel, "Your Move." If you have an Amazon Kindle account you can have one if you send me your Amazon Kindle email address: alcook@sprintmail.com Of course, I would appreciate reviews on Amazon and Goodreads. Limited time offer (whatever that means).
Somebody is killing people who work for subsidiaries of conglomerate Ault Enterprises and playing some kind of game while doing it. Carol Golden is called on to help identify the killer because she has experience in breaking codes and playing games. Amy O’Connor, a former scam artist and long-distance hiker with an eye for men, becomes her partner by accident, and together they search for clues in interesting places. The hunt takes them to the tops of significant mountain peaks in the United States, including Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the continental U.S., and to other unusual locales such as the thinly populated Lost Coast region of northern California. Carol finds that incidents in her past that are lost to her because of her amnesia may come back to haunt her before she can win this deadly game.
Somebody is killing people who work for subsidiaries of conglomerate Ault Enterprises and playing some kind of game while doing it. Carol Golden is called on to help identify the killer because she has experience in breaking codes and playing games. Amy O’Connor, a former scam artist and long-distance hiker with an eye for men, becomes her partner by accident, and together they search for clues in interesting places. The hunt takes them to the tops of significant mountain peaks in the United States, including Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the continental U.S., and to other unusual locales such as the thinly populated Lost Coast region of northern California. Carol finds that incidents in her past that are lost to her because of her amnesia may come back to haunt her before she can win this deadly game.
